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Middle school deals with a tragedy
Popular eighth grade teacher and husband killed in Berks County crash
NO LOCATION - Ephrata Middle School teacher Jean Good had a unique way of bridging that crucial gap between eighth grade and the day students receive their diploma.
Each year, the language arts teacher would have her eighth grade students pen a letter to the effect of where they have been, where they are, an...

400 gather at Bethany UCC prayer service
NO LOCATION - Moments after 400 friends and family members stepped out of Bethany United Church of Christ, mourning the loss of the Lititz couple Jay R. and D. Jean Good, Janet Martin could only imagine what Jean had said to her daughter Jacy on the way home from her college graduation.
"She was probabl...

More benefits planned for Derrick Dull
NO LOCATION - Derrick Dull's battle against acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) rages on, but soon, many around the community will be able to become foot soldiers in that war as two different benefits are planned to help raise money to support the fight.
The first opportunity to enjoin Derrick's battle ...

Council diving into three pool proposals
EPHRATA - Residents and officials in Ephrata were treated to several elaborate, but costly proposals to either repair or replace the borough's public pool at a special meeting Monday evening.
Consultants Kevin Post, of the Counsilman Hunsaker engineering firm, and Mark Thompson of the MKSD architectural ...

Area services set for Memorial Day
EPHRATA - Celebrating Memorial Day is something we all should participate in. Memorial Day, originally called Decoration Day, is a day of remembrance for those who have died in our nation's service. Area services include the following:
• Reamstown Services will be held at the entrance of Reamstown C...

Ephrata grad gets 'Inked' on national TV Thursday night
EPHRATA - It had been 14 years since Chris Lausch's last tattoo, so when he decided to get inked again, he did it in high fashion.
Lausch, who got his first tattoo a year after graduating from Ephrata High School in 1988, asked an .700artist at Miami Ink to draw the two swallows that now adorn his upper ...

School district plans .89 mill tax increase
EPHRATA - The Ephrata School Board approves its proposed budget for the 2008-2009 school year that would raise property taxes by .89 mills.
Real estate taxes would be set at 18.09 mills with total expenditures for the period to be $56,671,556.
"I am glad to see that we have reduced the proposed budg...

New EASD assistant superintendent named
EPHRATA - The Ephrata School Board voted unanimously to approve Dr. Robin Felty, Ed.D as the assistant superintendent to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Dr. Ken Porter. Dr. Porter will retire in June after serving the Ephrata School District for nearly six years. Dr. Felty is currently an educat...

A day to shine ...
EPHRATA - Erica Eby lost her truck in a fire at John Nolt Oil in New Holland last year but as this year's top fundraiser for the Make-a-Wish foundation, she was first in line with a purple-painted truck with flower trim at the Mother's Day Truck Convoy on Sunday.
"I do it for the kids," Eby said. "Life s...

Misinformation shrouds EHS 'Day of Silence'
EPHRATA - While some students recently observed a Day of Silent Respect at Ephrata High School, it appears several parents are doing quite the opposite.
Contrary to rumors around town the day was not deemed "gay day" or "diversity day" by the school. While the event did not bear any official name or mean...
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